Richard Godfrey (priest)

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Richard Godfrey was a priest who worked as a missionary for the Anglican Church in Melanesia. [1]

Godfrey was educated at St John's College, Auckland and ordained in 1916. After a curacy in Middleton, Christchurch, New Zealand he was a missionary on Banks Island from 1918 to 1919. He was subsequently at Pentecost Island from 1920 to 1927, and on the Solomon Islands from 1928. [2] He was Archdeacon of Southern Melanesia from 1934 to 1935. After his missionary service he served the church in Sydney, Aramoho, Grey Lynn, Onehunga and Point Chevalier. [3]

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References

  1. Anglican History
  2. Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia 1893–1978
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1951/2 p490: London; OUP; 1951